Memorial Day

In another few minutes the siren will go off to signal Memorial Day, remembering Israel's fallen soldiers. It's quite a moving day, especially if you get to catch any TV documentaries on some of the fallen. Difficult to watch, but as Israel kind of shuts down for 24 hours, there's not much of an alternative, except for Sky News/CNN (all other channels are either suspended or show these documentaries).

The Memorial Day actually started last night, as is usually the custom in Israel, with a siren at 8pm. I was caught up in traffic, as everybody seemed to be desperate to get home before 8. Tel Aviv was a nightmare. I picked up mrs. anglosaxy and we waited at her office for half an hour. At 8.30 the difference was quite absurd, the streets were amazingly clear...